Men Booters Thrash Princeton, 4-0; Harvard Remains Undefeated in Ivies

PRINCETON, N.J.--Capitalizing on a shaky first-half performance from Princeton goalie Ted Gobillot, the Harvard men's soccer team stormed past the Tigers, 4-0, here last night before 500 spectators at Lourie-Love Field.

The Crimson (4-1-3 overall, 2-0-2 Ivy League) got two goals from Drory Tendler and one from Nick Hotchkin. But Harvard's first goal--which set the tone for the entire contest--came when Princeton defenseman Steve Biss kicked the ball back to Gobillot with 15 minutes gone in the game, only to see it roll through the goalie's hands and into the net.

Hotchkin's goal came on a similar Tiger defensive lapse.

Hotchkin knocked a shot from 20 feet out that bounded slowly toward the Princeton net. Gobillot reached down to grab the ball, but it bounced over his shoulders.

"We gave away those goals," said Princeton Coach Bob Bradley, whose team fell to 3-6-1 overall, 2-2-1 Ivy. "We made it easy for them."

The Tiger offense, which over-whelmed Philadelphia Textile, 4-3, Tuesday, couldn't get past a quick Harvard defense, led by Paul Rider. The Tigers forced Harvard goalie Chad Reilly to make only one save.

Harvard scored again with 11 minutes left in the first half when Tendler smashed a shot from 30 feet that tipped off Gobillot's hands and fell into the corner of the net. For the game, Harvard outshot Princeton, 18-6, and had seven corner kicks to the Tigers' two.

"I think we had them in hand defensively," Harvard Coach Jape Shattuck said. "Our attacking was sometimes too quickly paced, but we felt comfortably in charge for the most part."

Tendler's second goal of the game came with five minutes gone in the second half. By that time, Gobillot had been replaced with second-string goalie Dan Pettigrew.

Tendler wasted no time testing the new netminder and slipped a shot from 10 feet past the diving Pettigrew.

With 20 minutes left in the game, Princeton cleared its bench, sending in eight substitutes. The Crimson stuck with its starting line-up, and Reilly recorded his first shutout since Harvard knotted Cornell, 0-0, two weeks ago.

With a convincing win over Princeton, the Crimson now turns its attention to the rest of the Ivy League.

"I think our biggest threat in the league is Yale," Shattuck said. "We're going to have to hope Yale loses."

"We're a little disjointed in our attack," Shatuck continued, noting that last night was the first time the 11 players who started the game had played together as a unit. "But we're getting stronger."